Carr diagnosed with torn ACL suffered in MLS Cup

The Houston Dynamo announced Wednesday that the injury Carr suffered in the second half of Sunday’s MLS Cup final was a torn ACL in his left knee and he is expected to undergo surgery to repair it. Carr sustained the knock in the 57th minute of the Dynamo’s 3-1 loss to the LA Galaxy this past Sunday when he collided with Galaxy centerback Omar Gonzalez, and the 30-year-old forward was immediately replaced by Macoumba Kandji.

Carr, who scored the opening goal in Sunday’s defeat, is set to undergo several weeks of rehabilitation prior to having surgery, for which there is no date yet set.

The timetable for his recovery will be decided once the surgery is complete.

What do you think of Carr tearing his ACL? Still believe the Dynamo would have won MLS Cup had he not gotten injured?

I’m dead serious. Omar injuring Carr (obviously not on purpose and he got the ball first anyways) was the most important moment in the game. My immediate reaction to that play was “LA is going to win this now. It’s not even a question.” I didn’t realize it would only take ten minutes for them to take the lead but that’s how it worked out. Omar did it all that game.

You guys are dreaming Galaxy would have scored however many goals they needed to to win. Houston laid down after LA scored not when Carr injured himself. The feeling that Galaxy were going to win after getting the early breakthrough was palpable. Houston can’t win at the HDC and they know it.

I don’t normally see someone tear an ACL that way at least in soccer. But being at the game and sitting in that corner he kinda brought it on himself. As I saw on here, someone posted that he ran into a wall. Guess that’s what you get in a reckless challenge.

No disagreement about Kandji. Thought he would be better than that with his size.
But I am not being a homer. I went to the game but you are making an assumption I am a Galaxy fan. I don’t even live in LA but was in town on vacation. Is that so hard for a homer like you to believe?
Both fans were awful during the game but the Dynamo took the cake when they let off a flare.
Carr goes in hard for challenges and this one went wrong. Look up the definition of reckless while you are at it. He didn’t go in with the intent to injure Gonzo but went in recklessly.

The momentum definitely changed after he went down. I wonder if they try to go big and get Bruin a big time partner. They still lack that game changer to get them over the hump. The other option is bringing Oduro back in.